Distributed by
Visual Entertainment

Cat.no: VSLD 10220

Cert: 15

Running time: 84 minutes

Year: 1999

Pressing: 1999

Region(s): 2, PAL

Chapters: 22

Sound: Dolby Surround

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Widescreen: 16:9 (1.77:1)

16:9-enhanced: No

Macrovision: No

Disc Format: DVD 5

Price: £19.99

Extras : Scene index

Featuring:

Kelly Jones (Vocals and Guitar)
Richard Jones (Bass)
Stuart Cable (Drums)
Tony Kirkham (Keyboards)

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It took a short while for the band to catch on in the Top 40 singles charts, but they've come to the fore with tracks like The Bartender and the Thief and Just Looking. Their singles chart history to the end of 1999 is as follows :

Mar 97	No.51	Local Boy in the Photograph
May 97	No.33	More Life in a Tramp's Vest
Aug 97	No.22	A Thousand Trees
Nov 97	No.20	Traffic
Feb 98	No.14	Local Boy in the Photograph (re-issue)
Nov 98	No. 3	The Bartender and the Thief
Mar 99	No. 4	Just Looking
May 99	No. 4	Pick a Part That's New
Sep 99	No.11	I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
Nov 99	No.11	Hurry Up and Wait

The picture quality is a bit of a disappointment. I've averaged its score at 3/5, but for a non-anamorphic 16:9 transfer, it's a mixture of colour footage which looks very good (worth 4/5) and black-and-white which pixellates in a not-too-happy blocky matrix fashion (worth 2/5). The average bitrate is a very good 7.75Mb/s, frequently peaking over 9Mb/s.

The sound is pleasing enough and comes in Dolby Surround flavour, English language but no subtitles to allow you to Singalongastereophonics.

Extras. :

Chapters :

1. Hurry Up and Wait
2. The Bartender and the Thief
3. T-Shirt Suntan
4. Pick a Part That's New
5. A Thousand Trees
6. Not Up To You
7. Check My Eyelids For Holes
8. I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
9. She Takes Her Clothes Off
10. Sunny Afternoon
11. Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today?
12. Same Size Feet
13. Traffic
14. Last of the Big Time Drinkers
15. Just Looking
16. Looks Like Chaplin
17. Local Boy in the Photograph
18. Roll Up and Shine
19. Nice To Be Out
20. Billy Davey's Daughter
21. I Stopped To Fill My Car Up

Menu :

A static and silent menu with options just to select a song or play the whole concert in one go. The booklet giving the track listing inside proudly announces, "it's a DVD booklet" :)

Overall, the boys put on a good performance but as there's no extras on the disc it's unlikely to appeal to anyone but fans of the group.

While I only gave this concert 3/5 first time round, I've really got into the Stereophonics music recently with all their singles getting regular plays on the radio and especially SkyDigital music channel MTV2 (Channel 446).

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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.